A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 226

A VerySpatial Podcast

Shownotes – Episode 226

November 15, 2009

Main Topic: Our conversation with ESRI’s Charlie Fitzpatrick and National Geographic’s Anne Pollard Haywood on GeoMentor

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Music

News

• National Map viewer v2 beta goes live for testing – Beta Viewer Home Page
• Matrox 8 monitor card
• CityForward – IBM’s new digital cities initiative
• Software
• —gvsig 1.9
• —Google’s Go – Go website
• —DeLorme’s XMap 7

Web Corner

• Al Jazeera English news website

Main topic

• This week we talk with ESRI’s Charlie Fitzpatrick and National Geographic’s Anne Pollard Haywood about the GeoMentor progam, including how the program got started, its launch at the recent ESRI User Conference and how GIS practitioners and educators can get involved

Tip of the Week

• Kindle for PC beta

Events

• GIS World 2010 – The Second Annual MENA GIS Conference: 21 – 24 February, Dubai, UAE
• 1st International MapWindow GIS Developers and Users Conference: 31 March-2 April, Orlando, FL
• 16th Annual California GIS Conference: 18-21 April, Huntington Beach, CA
• Pennsylvania GIS Conference: 11-12 May, Johnstown, PA

This week A Very Spatial Podcast is sponsored by ESRI.

ESRI’s mobile GIS solutions help businesses streamline workflows and manage assets, infrastructure, and field operations. On November 19th, participate in the free live training seminar, “Introduction to ESRI Mobile GIS Solutions,” to determine the best solution for you. Visit www.esri.com/lts for local times and more information.